Albert T. Keller assembled a collection of over 2,000 photographs of nineteenth and twentieth century blast furnaces, many of which he took himself. From 1931 to 1937 Keller's avocation was to take weekend and vacation trips in order to document and photograph the ruins of early American iron furnaces in Pennsylvania and the Eastern …
The Avon Company Collection provides a unique perspective on the history of the company, its sales representatives, employees, and consumers. The Avon materials in the Hagley Digital Archives encompasses a range of materials such as advertisements, catalogs, representative's sales tools, and corporate documents. The Avon content …
This collection includes a small but significant collection of items from the Hagley Library related to the Civil War. These items were digitized in conjunction with Hagley's exhibit An Oath of Allegiance to the Republic: The du Ponts and the Civil War.
Image: Rear-Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont, his staff, and sailors …
Collection includes Annual Reports from the Consolidation Coal Company ("Consol") from 1940 to 1965. Also includes a history of the company published in 1934 for their 70th anniversary.
Image: Cover of the 1965 Annual Report of Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company. Click to View
This digital collection includes more than 7,800 of the approximately 12,000 images in the Dallin Aerial Survey Company collection. The company specialized in aerial images of factories, private estates, schools, country clubs, towns, airports, rivers, and many other sites and some news events of the day. The majority of the photographs …
Charles H. DeMirjian worked for the Du Pont Company from 1954 until 1991, becoming the Manager of Packaging Design in the Consumer Products Division. He collected pictures, advertisements, and publications showing Du Pont consumer products, as well as some of the products and packages themselves.
This collection consists of brochures, …
This collection includes a growing selection of DuPont Company records from Hagley Library's manuscripts and archives department. The subject browse list below provides an overview of what has been digitized so far for this ongoing project
These items are being digitized as part of The DuPont Company on the Brandywine online …
This collection includes 36 images of DuPont Automobiles produced by the DuPont Motor Company. DuPont Motors built limited production luxury cars - less then 700 were produced during the history of the company from 1919 to 1931. Most of the images in the collection are undated with limited description.
This magazine, started in 1913 by the DuPont Company, publicized the products and progress of the company during the twentieth century. The issues include articles, product information, and advertisements on topics such as dynamite, quarrying, ammunition, popular plastic products, automobile accessories, and other useful items for the …
A selection of images from the DuPont Product Information Photographs Collection that includes images documenting product publicity. The collection also has a number of photographs that document manufacturing facilities and processes. The majority of the collection covers a period from the 1920s to the 1950s.
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A collection of selected items from the Hagley Manuscripts and Imprints Departments.
Image: Philip Morris Incorporated Annual report, 1975, Cover. Click to view
This collection is comprised of 326 images taken by DuPont Company employee Pierre Gentieu from approximately 1880 to 1920. Gentieu's images document the DuPont Company Powder Yards along the banks of the Brandywine River in Wilmington Delaware. The collection documents the surrounding community along the Brandywine including …
Collection guides and finding aids for a selection of Hagley's Manuscripts and Archives collections. This is not a comprehensive set of all Hagley's finding aids. For more information or questions about our research collections, contact us at Ask Hagley
This collection offers researchers a general survey of the broad range of subjects covered by Hagley's Pictorial Collections Department. Images found here come from across all collections and include some of our most requested and popular photographs.
Please note that our Pictorial Collections comprise of more then 2 million …
A small collection of articles from Hagley Library's reference file with items about the DuPont Company and other related topics. Browse all to review the content
Image: "Life and Work in the Powder-Mills," McClure's Magazine, 1895
These research reports were produced by Hagley staff and scholars beginning in 1953 for the purpose of developing its exhibits and interpretations. The reports focus on the industrial development of the Brandywine River Valley and surrounding area. They were produced from manuscript and secondary sources at the Hagley Museum and Library.
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Herbert S. Winokur, Jr. donated his collection of Enron Board Records to Hagley Museum and Library in 2010. The records, 1997-2001, are one of the few extant collections of Enron board materials. Items include board minutes; records of the executive, finance, and audit committees; and memoranda and e-mails. These records provide …
Collection of images from Hoopes Brothers & Darlington Inc. of West Chester, Pennsylvania. The company started in West Chester in 1867 manufacturing wooden spokes for wheels. By the eighteen-eighties it was one of the largest wooden wheel makers in the country. It remained in business long after other wheel factories had closed, …
A small selection of items from the John J. Raskob Papers. Raskob was a business and political leader active during the first half of the twentieth century. His affiliations included the DuPont Company, General Motors Corporation, the Democratic Party, the American Liberty League, and the Raskob Foundation for Catholic Activities in …
Joseph Bancroft, an Englishman trained in textile weaving in Lancashire, established his own cotton mill on the Brandywine near Wilmington, Delaware in 1831. This operation became the Joseph Bancroft & Sons Company in 1889, and in 1929 it absorbed the Eddystone Manufacturing Co. These images include plant exteriors and interiors, …
Lammot du Pont Jr., son of Lammot du Pont Sr., who was president of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, assembled a large collection of materials related to aeronautics and the history of flight from the first balloon flights through the 1940s. The collection was donated to the Hagley Library in 1965.
Approximately 650 images from …
This digital collection includes a small selection of materials from the Carter Litchfield Collection on the History of Fatty Materials. Most of the items here relate to the advertising and production of soaps, oils, food products, and other consumer products.
A selection of trade catalogs from this collection are also available …
This digital collection includes almost 900 images selected from the Lukens Steel Company photograph collection. Content of this online collection includes woodcuts showing the early history of the mill, interior and exterior views of factory buildings, various depictions of machinery, employees both at work and leisure, and twentieth …
This collection includes 135 images from the Matheson Automobile Company, a small automaker headquartered out of Holyoke, Massachusetts and later Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania. Matheson automobiles were particularly popular for the power they provided, winning trophies in numerous hill climb competitions in the first decade of the twentieth …
This collection includes over 400 photographs and images from the MCI collection at Hagley. Images include advertising materials, photographs of the MCI Headquarters in Washington, D.C., and photographs of William G. McGowan. McGowan, who joined MCI in 1968, was the public face of the company during the 1970s and 1980s when MCI took …
This collection includes approximately 5000 selected pages and images from the archives of the William G. McGowan / MCI Comminications Corporation collection at the Hagley Library.
William G. McGowan (1927-1992) was the driving force behind the success and innovation of MCI. He was born in the small coal mining and railroad town of …
This collection of Miss America Pageant programs is part of the Joseph Bancroft and Sons collection in the Hagley Library. Bancroft was a primary sponsor of the Miss America Pageant. The programs include information about the Pageant and contestants as well advertising from businesses in Atlantic City and the surrounding area.
The …
The Morse Dry Dock Dial was an in-house periodical for employees of the Morse Dry Dock and Repair Company of New York City. The company was a leading shipbuilder and refit facilities during the early 20th century. Among the artists whose illustrations appeared on the cover included Edward Hopper.
The digitized collection of the Morse …
The publication of the United States Chamber of Commerce. The entire print run of Nation's Business (1912 to 1999) is currently being scanned and scheduled for completion by April 2012.
Image: Cover, Nation's Business, August 1974. Click to view
Collection of images from the archives of the Nation's Business, a publication of the United States Chamber of Commerce. This selection of images was digitized as part of an upcoming exhibit on the 100th Anniversary of the U.S. Chamber.
Image: "Apple Computers." Click to view
This collection consists of 86 photographs that detail the steps of mining and processing anthracite coal. Images include mine interiors, miners and mine equipment.
The Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company was the country's largest producer of anthracite coal from 1871 through the 1920s. At one time it controlled over …
Postcard collection of motels, roadside attractions, and restaurants in the United States. Collection includes 130 postcards that cover a period from approximately 1930 to 1960.
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Each of the postcards in this collection are illustrated with an identified railroad station or depot in the United States or Canada. Many of the postcards are in color, however some have been produced in black and white.
This fully scanned collection, representing 49 of 50 states (excludes Hawaii), contains approximately 1050 items …
This collection includes images collected by Pierre S. du Pont during his life. Over 1000 images from the collection show the development of Longwood Gardens. Also included are photographs of the du Pont family, travel images, and a variety of other photos documenting the interests and activities of P.S. du Pont.
Image: "P.S. du Pont …
Construction on the PSFS building in Philadelphia began in 1931 under architects George Howe and William Lescaze with the design slogan, "Nothing More Modern." The building was designed in the modernist "International" style that had gained popularity in Europe. The PSFS building would be the first modern skyscraper in America to forego …
This collection features nearly 500 aerial photographs of the Brandywine valley taken in 1970. These images feature aerial views of Brandywine River valley locations in southeastern Pennsylvania and Delaware including factories, cities and towns, historical sites, natural landmarks, bridges, neighborhoods, and other places of …
This digital collection includes more than 800 of the approximately 6,700 images in the Pusey & Jones Photograph Collection. Pusey and Jones specialized in ship and machine building. This collection of images primarily consists of those related to the shipbuilding division of the company but does include a few images of their machine …
A small selection (approximately 400 items) from Hagley Library's collection of Trade Catalogs and Pamphlets. The majority of items digitized to date include Trade Catalogs related to automobiles, the Bancroft Company (Ban-Lon, Miss America), and items from the Carter Litchfield Collection on Fatty Materials.
Image: Post and Lester …
This collection features over 300 documents and images digitized in conjunction with the Hagley Library's Universal Design web exhibit, which explores the careers of designers Thomas Lamb and Marc Harrison. The primary goal of the philosophy of universal design is the creation of products and environments that are accessible to …
This collection contains nearly 200 images of estate and private gardens in and around Wilmington, Delaware. Photographed between 1920 and 1925 by William C. Spruance, an amateur photographer and advisory member of the Wilmington Garden Club, many of the images are either hand colored lantern slides or color Lumiere Autochrome lantern …
The Warren-Ehret Company was a roofing company founded in 1852. This collection consists of 178 images from three unbound albums which were used as sales portfolios to show the variety and extent of Warren-Ehret's roofing jobs on a variety of buildings.
The buildings are predominately industrial structures, but the collection …
Wawa, Inc., operators of a large chain of convenience stores in the mid-Atlantic region, was formed in 1974 through the merger of three antecedent family businesses: Millville Manufacturing Company, Wawa Dairy Farms, and Wawa Food Markets. This collection includes approximately 275 images covering a period from the 19th through the 21st …
This digital collection features over 1,000 photographs from the Westinghouse Electric Corporation Steam Division photograph collection from 1898 to 1964. These photographs cover a variety of subjects including building construction, turbine manufacturing, research facilities, machinery, executives and employees, and visitors to the …
William du Pont, Jr. (1896-1965) was the son of William du Pont and Annie Rogers Zinn du Pont.
Growing up on the family estate in Montpelier, Virginia, William du Pont, Jr. developed his interests at an early age in hunting, horse racing and breeding, fox hounds, and tennis. After beginning his lifelong career as a banker at the …
Collection includes a small selection of drawings and photographs from the William Pahlmann Papers. For more information or questions about additional materials from this collection, please contact us at Ask Hagley.
Image: William Pahlmann, "DuPont Showroom, New York, Showroom #1, Home Furnishings." Click to view
This collection features over 300 photographs taken by the Seal family of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania during the first half of the twentieth century. Many of these images offer a glimpse into family and town life in Chadds Ford and Wilmington, Delaware during the 1920s and 1930s, featuring Seal family members, friends, neighbors, and …
This collection includes dozens of workplace posters from the first half of the twentieth century, with a particular emphasis on the defense industry during World War II.
Image: "Give 'Em both Barrels." Click to view
A collection of correspondance from the painter Xanthus Smith to Sophie Du Pont, the wife of Rear Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont. Collection also includes a small number of Xanthus Smith's drawings and paintings as well as an exhibition catalogue titled Xanthus Smith and the Civil War published in 1999 by the Schwarz Gallery.
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A selection of scans from the Z. Taylor Vinson collection of transportation materials. The digital collection features catalogs, advertisements, and photographs from the twentieth century. This digital collection is in process and will be expanded in the future.
Image: Buick 1947, Cover. Click to view
The Zebley-Hoffecker digital collection includes over 300 historical photographs from the city of Wilmington, locations around the state of Delaware, and other places of interest in the mid-Atlantic region.
Image: Armistice Parade, Wilmington, Delaware, November 1918. Click to view
The Hagley Digital Archives provides online access to selected items from the Hagley Museum and Library's collection of images, documents, and publications related to the history of business, technology, and society. Read more about Hagley
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